Health

[ad_1] Three people in their 70s have earned a black belt in Taekwondo having only taken up the martial art five years ago. Seventy-five year olds Keith Harry and Jean Glanville, and 70-year-old Kathy Harry, earned their belts after attending classes at their local village hall in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire. Another woman in the group […]

[ad_1] Image copyright TEENAGE CANCER TRUST Image caption Aggie is now working as a management consultant five years on from her cancer diagnosis Survival rates for teenagers and young adults with cancer in England are improving, particularly for those with leukaemia and bone cancer, says a report by Teenage Cancer Trust and Public Health England. […]

[ad_1] Image copyright Getty Images A diet has been developed that promises to save lives, feed 10 billion people and all without causing catastrophic damage to the planet. Scientists have been trying to figure out how we are going to feed billions more people in the decades to come. Their answer – “the planetary health […]

[ad_1] US company Butterfly Networks has produced an ultrasound scanner that plugs into an iPhone and can be bought by anyone for $2,000 (£1,555). Its inventor, Jonathan Rothberg, claims it will have as much impact on healthcare as the stethoscope did 200 years ago. This is part of the BBC’s Disruptors series. You can read […]

[ad_1] A new study with 3,000 primary school children in London and Luton will see if new initiatives to reduce air pollution, such as London’s new Ultra Low Emission Zone, can provide health benefits. Children are especially vulnerable to damage caused by air pollution, which can stunt lung growth and affect other organs. Produced by […]

[ad_1] Image copyright Getty Images Experts have developed a potentially “game-changing” test to predict a woman’s risk of breast cancer. It combines information on family history and hundreds of genetic markers with other factors, such as weight, to give the most comprehensive assessment possible, says Cancer Research UK. The test is not yet routinely available […]

[ad_1] Image copyright Getty Images Having sex too soon is the biggest regret of young people losing their virginity, a survey of British sexual behaviour suggests. More than a third of women and a quarter of men in their teens and early 20s admitted it had not been “the right time” when they first had […]

[ad_1] Laura Nuttall had just started university when a routine eye test discovered several brain tumours. Soon after the diagnosis, the 19-year-old from Lancashire began creating a bucket list with her friends and family. Fundraising is now under way to obtain experimental treatment to extend her life. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Perjeta is now available for advanced breast cancer A drug used to treat advanced breast cancer has been approved for use on the NHS in Scotland. Pertuzumab, trade name Perjeta, can now be used in the treatment of HER2 positive metastatic breast cancer and in aggressive breast cancers […]

[ad_1] Image copyright Royal Papworth Image caption Royal Papworth hospital is marking 40 years of heart transplants A hospital is marking 40 years since its first heart transplant operation. That first procedure at the Royal Papworth Hospital, overseen by surgeon Sir Terence English, was carried out on a 44-year-old patient with heart disease on 14 […]

[ad_1] Image caption Landscape painter Denise Di Battista says her sight is both her life and her livelihood An artist whose vision deteriorated after lens replacement surgery is one of dozens of people considering legal action against manufacturer, Oculentis. Denise Di Battista claims she has “blind patches” in her right eye. The BBC has been […]